11.2.2018 Ink Drop

11.2.2018
Kilian Mehringer
3D Artist

The Blender smoke simulation is not just great for rendering realistic smoke it also makes it possible to create other smoke like simulations.
In this case i used it to create a ink drop animation.
The simulation itself was the standard smoke simulation setup, with some small changes to the behavior of the smoke itself to get this effect. So it just took around 10 - 15 mins to create this scene. But rendering it for the final animation takes 3 days with two gtx 970s and one 1080ti. This volumetric shaders need so much processing power its crazy.
However the result is great and with some optimization it could be something i can use in future commercial projects aswell.

WIREFRAME 3D MODEL

FINAL SHADED RENDER